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Can you tell a story in 77 words using the following words in it somewhere: Tom and Jo #8
Insides melting like a marshmallow on a spire over fire, she couldn’t hide her despair. “Jo, don’t get wishy-washy on me. This is our way out of Rockville. I made the roster. I am guaranteed to soar like an eagle. Let’s see the world! Please Josie. All our lives we’ve been impounded in this one…
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Can you tell a story in 46 words…Tom and Jo #7
It’s almost Halloween! Before you don your witches’ hats and grab those broomsticks, here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 46 words using the following words in it somewhere: As a high school senior, Tom was drafted by the government as a special agent after taking the ASVAB test.…
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Can you tell a story in 54 words #6
Can you tell a story in 54 words using the following words in it somewhere: Tom’s aftershave turned her reverie back to reality. Here she was standing beside her first love on a date 30 years later when he left her at the train station crying like a banshee as the train zipped away. She…
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Grace Overload
In my mind today, I am still exhausted from last Saturday. It was the annual Autumn March for ALS. This was the 9th year for the race and my 13th year of living with ALS. I am so, so blessed to have been given longer than the average 3-5 years. I have tried my very…
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Thursday challenge #5 Can you tell a story in 26 words using the following words in it somewhere:
Tom and I were walking under my umbrella to Sudoku Club. We spotted a caterpillar hanging out with us. Our eyes and lips organically met.
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Saturday Story “Cards”
Well I am two weeks behind this Saturday challenge. I am going to ” kill two birds with one stone ” and use it as a blog post. I have been holding it in my mind and heart; I hope you enjoy it. In my mind, I have been thinking about cards. When we did…
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Thursday Story Challenge 50 Words #4
Jo remembered murderously critiquing to find the right words. She rolled the dice while munching a cupcake and considered not giving him the poem. They were only 13. Umbrella Under the Umbrella with YOU Skies are always Blue. My first kiss under the Dome You promised you’d always be True.
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Magic Umbrella #3
“Tom?” Petrified! My heart felt like I just completed a heptathlon. He looked the same except for the pepper gray hair and beard. “Remember that note you gave me written in crayon?” he asked. “The poem about the magic umbrella?” “Yes.”
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Story in 52 Words # 2
At the Illicit Waxworks Museum nervously looking for him, it has been thirty-two years since they parted. Was it a haphazard meeting? She wore a polka dot dress fitted like seal skin. Still attractive, she heard growling approval from behind. She could fake an allergic reaction and go home if needed. “Jo?” I had to…
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Story in 38 Words #1
Since his death, I stare at the computer checking my email for someone to razzle-dazzle me out of my algorithm of grief. Opening my email: Grand Opening of Illicit Waxwork Museum. Meet me. Eliciting my response, “What time?” I am doing these for fun! Fiction! Stay tuned every Thursday. Sal I had to use these…
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